Paroles de Barricades

We should have left at onceWe should have never stayedNow they have drawn the lineNow there is a barricadeNow there's a barricadeA barricadeWho makes promises?Who makes promises through a thick lead door?Through an intercom on the 23rd floor?Who makes promises and then promises more?Who makes promises for el salvador?

Bobby's getting called, billy's getting calledJuan's getting called, john's getting called . . .They get a letter in the mail, they get a telephone call

The sun curves over the jungleAnd trees grow from the dead nun's lungsBut when the ship is in the harborThen the cyanide pill's on their tongueInside the barricade, inside the barricade

Bobby's getting called, eddie's getting called upThey get a telephone call, they get a letter in the mailYour ship's about to sail, your ship's about to sailThey say, "come on," they say, "come on, come along"They say, "come on, come on."

Girls, no more going out dancingAnd boys, there's no more getting laidYou're gonna parachute to the holy landAnd you will drop into the barricadesInside the barricades, inside the barricades

Who makes promises for the neutron bomb?It will sign your lungs to deathAnd leave the corporate walls unharmed . . .Who makes promises with such insidious charm?But it would have made things cleanerIn old vietnam . . .

That's when kevin got called upRitchie got called . . .And kevin never came backRitchie never came home

Their folks got a letter in the mailThey got a letter in the mail . . .